As some of you may know, I like to fish the Truckee River during the winter, and, if you fish freestone rivers, you may also know that winter can have its ups and downs when fishing. Muddy water, high flows, cold and windy. I have found over the last few years anyway that while smaller midges work, and work well, in the slower sections and pools, the fast water may require a fly that is a bit more substantial.

Wooly buggers are great on fast and murky water, and one of my favorites is a fly I put together to imitate a sculpin - I call it the Wooly Sculpin and it has served me well east of town both in and below the riffles.

So, here is the "Show Me Yours" part. What is your favorite fly to use in faster winter waters in and around the riffles and runs?

I Love Winter, most of my friends believe I need to check into the Warm Springs Mental facility, but winter gives up some great fishing without the pressure and madness of spring, summer and fall. Early on in the winter I usually have on indicators, split shot and two nymph patterns. February is when the fishing really heats up and with some luck we can start to run into a few fish looking to the surface in the late afternoons or on cloudy days. Fishing midge adults and midge pupae in the film is one of my favorite ways to fish period. Here are a couple of my favorite patterns for fishing to rising fish in tailouts, back eddies and slow water seams next to fast water riffles.

Nice flies biggie. I got into a hatch yesterday, but the fish did not take the dries, they wanted the emergers, so, we threw crispy critters at em and it was game on! nobody else on the river but my bud and me.

As some of you may know, I like to fish the Truckee River during the winter, and, if you fish freestone rivers, you may also know that winter can have its ups and downs when fishing. Muddy water, high flows, cold and windy. I have found over the last few years anyway that while smaller midges work, and work well, in the slower sections and pools, the fast water may require a fly that is a bit more substantial.

Wooly buggers are great on fast and murky water, and one of my favorites is a fly I put together to imitate a sculpin - I call it the Wooly Sculpin and it has served me well east of town both in and below the riffles.

So, here is the "Show Me Yours" part. What is your favorite fly to use in faster winter waters in and around the riffles and runs?

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dealflydeals has a sculpin pattern that even has eyes for just $.50 a fly.

I don't fish too many nymphs during the winter but I do like to throw a little bit bigger flies when it's cold and a few of them look like this guy. I also like them in brown colors cause they match most of the sculpins I have seen in the Truckee but I couldn't find any of them in my box right now.